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Katie Ledecky, five-time female World Swimmer of the Year Inge de Bruijn, the only Dutch female World Swimmer of the Year Natalie Coughlin, female world Swimmer of the Year in 2002 Grant Hackett, male World Swimmer of the Year in 2005 Leisel Jones, female World Swimmer of the Year in 2005 and 2006 Sun Yang is the 2013 male World Swimmer of the Year and a five-time male Pacific Rim Swimmer of ...
The World Aquatics Athletes of the Year (formerly FINA Athletes of the Year) is a set of awards presented by World Aquatics (International Swimming Federation) and the FINA Aquatics World Magazine. Each recognises excellence in five categories of aquatic sports: swimming, diving, synchronized swimming, water polo and open water swimming. The ...
Ledecky scored more points than any other swimmer to earn the FINA trophy for best female swimmer of the meet. [42] At year's end, Ledecky was named the American Swimmer of the Year and the World Swimmer of the Year by Swimming World magazine. She was also named the best female swimmer for 2013 by FINA Aquatics World magazine.
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The comparisons of contemporary women’s times to historical men’s times are a fascinating window into the progression of the sport of swimming. ... women’s 200-meter freestyle in 1:52.23 and ...
Egerszegi finished the year of 1990 again as the Best Swimmer and as the Best Female Athlete of Hungary. In 1991, she competed at the World Championships in Perth, Australia, winning both backstroke events (100 and 200 metres) and becoming the first Hungarian female swimmer of all time who won gold medals at the World Championships.
Milly Leonard, Dublin Jerome. The junior took Brown’s place as distance champion, winning the 200 free (1:49.87) and 500 free (4:52.77) after pulling off the same sweep at district.
Van Dyken had severe asthma throughout her childhood and into adulthood. She began swimming on the advice of a doctor as a way to strengthen her lungs to cope with her condition and prevent future asthma attacks. She was named Swimming World 's American Swimmer of the Year in 1995 and 1996.